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w. s. TowNsEN.VV NOZZLE FOR FILLING Hush?" Y nPPucnaon mtu Ara. is.1971s' Patented mm1, 1919.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE. f

wILLult s. Townsmrn or WASHINGTON. mamar or commun.

' NozzLE ron FILLING-nosa.

lpeclleatlon o! Letten Intent.

Patented Oct. 2l, 1919.

YApplication illed April lll,` 1918. Ierlal lo. 200M?.

be self-su porting when inserted in the of gasolene therethrough; alsoto its discharge end.v About midwa opening oy l a motor vehicle tank; toprovide auch a nozzle-.with an' automatically closing valve 'having anactuating device to en `the top of the tank when the nozzle is in placeand open'the valve to permit the flow the nozzle with' a trans arentportlon between the' inlet end and yt e valve and finally to tglrovidethe outlet or mouth of the nozzle wi 1in-.internal drip receiving flangeor ghcse objects I accomplish by means of the construction shown in theaccompanying drawillgkin which:

Figure is a longitudinal vertical section through t e nozzle 1n positionon a tank.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the valve removed,

1 desi ates the nozzle of suitable size and materia and having adownward curve at of the length the nozzle is provided wit an enlargedp0rtion2 provided with a diagonally arranged valve seat 3 and acrossbarl. The valve 5 seatsnn the-seat 3 and has a forwardl Iextendingstem 6 guided in an a rture in the crossbar 4 and also ide in a bea 'ngi8 in the lower side of t e nozzle.

V The ter rextremity of the valve stem 6 ter- 4 rest upon the upper sideof the tan in a transverse foot 9 ada ted tt:

filled and support that side of the vnozzle as well 'asto open the valveor raise it from its seat. The valve is returned to the seat by thespring 10 mounted on stem '6 between the lower side 'of crossbar 4 and acollar 11. The nozzlel is' rvided on its up er side minut point 12adapted to ertilgagc the underside of the tank top when e `nozzie isinserted through the opiing therein, as cleari shown in Fig. 1. When thenozzle is in this rovide uw said position its weight and that of the.hose will exert a downward pressure and this will cause the valve stem'to move upwardly and unseat the valve 'nst the rassure of its spring.Having us' set tie nozzle, the

operator may leave it and attend to the lisof lenedpump now so commonlyAemploy for the lspensin of this commodity.

In order t atthe. flow ofthe gasoleue throu h thenozzle may be seen, Iprovide the ilet end thereof .with a glass seetion- 15 of flattenedspherical form, and-beyond this isI the coupling 16 for connection witha hose v'l'he mouth orgntlet fthe nozzle is rovided with laninteillillipcup 18, w ich may be formed by"Y turned annular flange madelower or note ed at one side, as yat 19,- for thediscla'r e of thecontents of the cup. '1`l1iscupA 418 1s merely to catch the final dropsof asolene remaining nozzle at the end o? the filling operation and inthe after the nozzle has been removed from the tank so that these dropswill not spill on top of .the tank, which' is so often located beneaththe vehicle seat. Any liquid remaining in the ou? after a discharge may'be emptied there rom by inclining the nozzle to the right to bring therecess 19 below the level of the liquid ,so remaining in the cup. Thecup is filled, of course, during and at the end of every discharge.

So far as I am aware, there is no gasoleno hose nozzle provided with anautomatic valve and means for sustaining the nozzle in position andholding the valve open, though can nozzles have had valves capable ofbeing opened by holding the can in pouring position with the valveactuator against the vessel being lilled and pushing on the can tooperate said actuator. Vessels have also been raised against4 avalve-actuator mounted on a faucet to open the valve and fill the vesseland all such are disclaimed.

Of cou-rse, the nozzle could be attached to iillin hose generally.

at I claixnis:

self-closing valve provided with an external` actuating means located ata point op site means and pted rest on top. o

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tank adjacent to the 1e 1. A nozzle for iilling-lhose provided gag: ros

, lower outer. portion Aw filling"` opening', open the "valveiauto- 4,

matically when the nozzle is placed 1n positon. i

2. A nozzle for filling-hose provided at Its lower outer portion with alaterally extend` said nlorulnptoliftthe valve when the nozzle is heldin `position ongtheftankt' y `3. -A nozzle ,for ifillinhose provided atits ing fillerumftp enage the under side 0in tnngk vtop .vat the V ingopening, a diagonal valve sent wtlnnlthe nozzle? a val ve to close downon the seat and havlng its stem exe Intel-alli;T proj eet-4 tendindiagonally out through the lower side o the nozzle and havinga footopposite the said fulerum to rest on top of the tank at the oppositeside of its filling opening.

' 4. A nozzle for filling-hose provided with a s elf-closing valveprovided with an netnetng device to engage the top of n tank adjacent tothe. filling opening and nutomatieally open the valve by the Weight oflthe nozzle, and means on:A the nozzle at n point below and beyond sndval'veffietuatng device to engage the inner side of thev tank et itslling o emng and venuse'tlie nozzle?l to he held in p ace against thepull or strain exerted by n f1linghoseon said nozzle.

In testimony whereof I affix m y- Signature.

WILLIAM S. TW'NSEND.

